Research @ UVA Engineering

University of Virginia professors of chemical engineering Bill Epling and Roseanne Ford were recently elected fellows of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Professor William Epling's lab has discovered a way to make a common manufacturing chemical more efficiently, allowing smaller, flexible production sites to replace massive factories.  

Ph.D. student Md. Rafiqul Islam and a team of researchers unlock heat flow principles in ultra-thin metals, paving the way for faster, smaller, more efficient computer chips.

As wind turbines grow in size, UVA researchers are designing 25-megawatt downwind offshore rotors to keep up.

UVA researchers have created a graphene-enhanced, 3D-printable concrete that improves strength and reduces carbon emissions by 31%, advancing sustainable construction.

Patrick E. Hopkins received funding to develop a tool that can precisely measure how heat moves through small electronics. 

UVA researchers use AI to manage the growing complexity of modern power grids.

The researchers' new approach uses machine learning to identify defects that would otherwise go unspotted by human review of micrograph images.

A multidisciplinary UVA-led research group has formulated new protective coatings to allow turbine engines to run hotter — with potential dividends for the environment and people.